Bill Text: TX SB194 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the punishment for the offense of employment harmful to children.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-31 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB194 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SB194-Introduced.html
  82R117 HLT-D
 
  By: Nelson S.B. No. 194
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the punishment for the offense of employment harmful to
  children.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 43.251(c), Penal Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (c)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor,
  unless it is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant
  has previously been convicted under this section, in which event
  the offense is a felony of the third degree.
         SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to
  an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An
  offense committed before the effective date of this Act is covered
  by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former
  law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this
  section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this
  Act if any element of the offense was committed before that date.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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